PAINTERS COMPANY CHARITIES

Registered charity 1135314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education and relief of poverty through making grants to appropriate institutions and individuals

Objects

11.1 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY BE ASSOCIATED OR CONNECTED WITH THE CITY OF LONDON1.2 THE ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT AND PROMOTION BY WAY OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY OF BRITISH ARTS AND CRAFTS TO INCLUDE THE TRADES OF PAINTING AND DECORATING1.3 THE RELIEF OF BLINDNESS AND OTHER VISUAL HANDICAPS AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED1.4 THE RELIEF OF POOR CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND1.5 THE RELIEF OF POOR, DISABLED OR INVALID LIVERYMEN AND FREEMEN OF THE COMPANY AND THEIR SPOUSES, WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS2 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS3 THE TRUSTEES SHALL NOT BE AT LIBERTY TO PAY OR APPLY HEREUNDER THE CAPITAL OF ANY DONATION WHICH THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE ACCEPTED SUBJECT TO A DIRECTION BY THE DONOR THAT THE CAPITAL BE NOT EXPENDED

Area of benefit: CITY OF LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£113k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity fulfills its objectives by providing grants and bursaries, such as two £5,000 fellowships at Heatherleys School of Fine Art. Per the trustees' report, the charity is actively distributing funds from the Brian Botting Bequest over a five-year period to support these educational activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Philip Broadheadchair
BENJAMIN ETIENNE PRYOR · trustee of 1 other charity
JULIAN EDWARD CHRISTIAN BRIANT
PETER JOHN HUDDLESTON · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£113k	£58k
30/09/2024	£427k	£103k
30/09/2023	£95k	£60k
30/09/2022	£101k	£81k
30/09/2021	£296k	£100k

Common questions

Is PAINTERS COMPANY CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity fulfills its objectives by providing grants and bursaries, such as two £5,000 fellowships at Heatherleys School of Fine Art. Per the trustees' report, the charity is actively distributing funds from the Brian Botting Bequest over a five-year period to support these educational activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£150k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£50k
THE EXBURY GARDENS TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOCIETY OF BOTANICAL ARTISTS LIMITED.

THE SOCIETY OF BOTANICAL ARTISTS LIMITED income £218k
PAINT POTS PRE-SCHOOL & NURSERY LIMITED income £5.6m
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST income £253k
ARTISTS STUDIO COMPANY income £3.0m
THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE income £133k
PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PAINTERS COMPANY CHARITIES	£113k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY OF BOTANICAL ARTISTS LIMITED FY2025	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PAINT POTS PRE-SCHOOL & NURSERY LIMITED FY2025	£5.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£253k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTISTS STUDIO COMPANY FY2024	£3.0m	£130,001 - £140,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.